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Police in Brazil arrest a suspect over $100M banking hack
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Hackers steal $140M from Brazilian central bank reserve accounts via partner breach - Coin Surges
Hackers siphoned about R$800 million ($140 million) from six reserve accounts connected to Brazil’s central bank after breaching São Paulo-based software vendor C&M Software on June 30, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT and reports from local news outlets. Police said C&M employee João Nazareno Roque sold his corporate login for R$15,000 ($2,770) and later developed a secondary access tool for an additional R$10,000 ($1,850), giving a…
Software company official has facilitated access to hackers for billionaire fraud via Pix. He was arrested by the São Paulo Civil Police.
According to local 'medium', the suspect confessed, in deposit with the Cybernetic Crimes delegation of the State Department of Criminal Investigations (Deic), which was encouraged by other individuals to help them enter the PIX transfer system.
Deic (State Department of Criminal Investigations) took João Nazareno Roque, 48 years old. He is one of the suspects of the hacker attack against the C&M software system. The company was responsible for connecting financial institutions and Central Bank systems in real-time payments, from which Pix is involved. In the deposit, the suspect claimed that he was approached to commit crime in a bar. According to Deic's delegate, Renan Topan, the man …
C&M Software Information Technology Operator, 48 years old, resident of São Paulo. This is João Nazareno Roque, arrested by São Paulo Civil Police suspected of taking part in the hacker attack that took place at least R$ 541 million this week. According to the SP Civil Crimes Control Division, the service provider’s staff has participated in an electronic-qualified theft scheme, through fraudulent operations via PIX, against the company BMP Paym…
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